noun money which you have to pay to buy something ○ The price of petrol is going up. ○ I don’t want to pay such a high price for a hotel room. ○ There has been a sharp increase in house prices during the first six months of the year. □ to increase in price to become more expensive ■ verb to give something a price ○ The book is priced at £25. ○ That house won’t sell – it is too highly priced. □ the company has priced itself out of the market the company has raised its prices so high that its products do not sell
price
n. [OE. pris, OF. pris, F. prix, L. pretium; cf. Gr. I sell to buy, Skr. pa to buy, OI. renim I sell. Cf. Appreciate, Depreciate, Interpret, Praise, n. & v., Precious, Prize.]
1. The sum or amount of money at which a thing is valued, or the value which a seller sets on his goods in market; that for which something is bought or sold, or offered for sale; equivalent in money or other means of exchange; current value or rate paid or demanded in market or in barter; cost. ´Buy wine and milk without money and without price.´ Isa. lv. 1. “We can afford no more at such a price.” Shak.
2. Value; estimation; excellence; worth. “Her price is far above rubies.” Prov. xxxi. 10. “New treasures still, of countless price.” Keble.
3. Reward; recompense; as the price of industry. “’T is the price of toil,
The knave deserves it when he tills the soil.” Pope. Price current, or Price list, a statement or list of the prevailing prices of merchandise, stocks, specie, bills of exchange, etc., published statedly or occasionally.
1. The sum or amount of money at which a thing is valued, or the value which a seller sets on his goods in market; that for which something is bought or sold, or offered for sale; equivalent in money or other means of exchange; current value or rate paid or demanded in market or in barter; cost. ´Buy wine and milk without money and without price.´ Isa. lv. 1. “We can afford no more at such a price.” Shak.
2. Value; estimation; excellence; worth. “Her price is far above rubies.” Prov. xxxi. 10. “New treasures still, of countless price.” Keble.
3. Reward; recompense; as the price of industry. “’T is the price of toil,
The knave deserves it when he tills the soil.” Pope. Price current, or Price list, a statement or list of the prevailing prices of merchandise, stocks, specie, bills of exchange, etc., published statedly or occasionally.
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